Last month, Transtar was featured in an article on the front page of the Journal Inquirer, a daily newspaper covering most of north-central Connecticut.  Transtar worked with Kar Kare in Ellington, CT to help restore a 1986 Iroc-Z Camaro for Staff Sgt. Shaun Thomas.

The article explains how Sgt. Thomas was redeployed back to Afghanistan last November and before he left, he asked his mother to sell his ’86 Camaro. His mother, who looks after his two young sons while he’s away, didn’t want to sell the car he had  had since he was 20 and was rebuilding himself (it had been in an accident before his deployment).

Sgt. Thomas’ mother called up every shop in town until she reached Brian Deschaine at Kar Kare who found the story so moving, he and his crew decided to give back to a soldier who had given up so much for his country. When Transtar heard about this story from our local rep in the area, Mark Smith, we jumped at the chance to help out. We donated paint and primer so Kar Kare could give the soldier’s car a custom paint job.

Completely redone from the inside out, Sgt. Thomas’ old ’86 Camaro looks brand new thanks to the hard work and determination of his family, Kar Kare and everyone else who pitched in to help give something back to someone who has given us so much.